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Radio lost one of its most creative and inspiring personalities earlier this week. The Bob Rivers Show with Bob, Spike, and Joe dominated morning ratings in Seattle for 25 years. Before Bob and I [...]

Conflict is the driving force of storytelling. It creates tension, stakes, and emotional investment, keeping audiences engaged. Without conflict, a story lacks mystery, suspense, and “What will [...]

How did Microsoft measure goldfish’s attention span to be 9 seconds and humans’ to be 8? Well, they didn’t research goldfish attention spans. It turns out that’s a myth you’ve [...]

In our workshops, we define each player’s role on the show. We identify the mic order, who is the heart of the show, who is the lightning rod player, and so on. One of the most crucial [...]

Many high achievers in sports, business, and entertainment, such as Oprah Winfrey, Bill Gates, and Serena Williams, use mental visualization to enhance their performance and achieve success. The [...]

Massive news stories are always a dilemma for music station shows since many people listen to them to escape the news. This week, some shows avoided the DC plane-chopper crash story, while others [...]

Music radio has been profoundly shaped by several trailblazing personalities who took risks and introduced new approaches to high-profile shows. This list is based on the personalities who made [...]

Highly acclaimed director Greta Gerwig, of Lady Bird, Little Women, and Barbie fame, says watching other directors, film genres, and artists helped her learn and define her style. As a radio or [...]

The term “knowledge economy” was popularized by famed business management consultant Peter Drucker in the 1960s. The “knowledge worker” thrived into the 21st century through knowledge, skills and [...]

I just finished watching the Ken Burns documentary Leonardo da Vinci, streaming on PBS. My greatest takeaway was how similar this Renaissance man was to Steve Jobs. Da Vinci and Jobs were [...]